Journal: | Anais brasileiros de dermatologia |
Database: | PERIÓDICA |
System number: | 000410458 |
ISSN: | 0365-0596 |
Authors: | Bannach, Andrea Bauer1 Garcia, Maria Teresa Fernandes Castilho2 Soares, Deusita Fernandes Gandia1 Mattos, Antonio Luiz de Arruda3 Barrese, Tomas Zecchini4 Abreu, Marilda Aparecida Milanez Morgado de1 |
Institutions: | 1Hospital Regional de Presidente Prudente, Servico de Dermatologia, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo. Brasil 2Hospital Regional de Presidente Prudente, Servico de Neurologia, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo. Brasil 3Hospital Regional de Presidente Prudente, Laboratorio de Anatomia Patologica e Citopatologia, Presidente Prudente, Sao Paulo. Brasil 4Santa Casa de Sao Paulo, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas, Sao Paulo. Brasil |
Year: | 2017 |
Season: | Jul-Ago |
Volumen: | 92 |
Number: | 4 |
Pages: | 541-544 |
Country: | Brasil |
Language: | Inglés |
Document type: | Artículo |
Approach: | Caso clínico, descriptivo |
English abstract | Histiocytoses are rare diseases caused by the proliferation of histiocytes. The pathogenesis remains unknown and the highest incidence occurs in pediatric patients. The clinical presentations can be varied, in multiple organs and systems, and the skin lesions are not always present. Evolution is unpredictable and treatment depends on the extent and severity of the disease. It is described the case of a patient with various neurological symptoms, extensively investigated, who had its was diagnosed with histiocytosis from a single skin lesion. This report highlights the importance of Dermatology in assisting the investigation of difficult cases in medical practice |
Disciplines: | Medicina |
Keyword: | Dermatología, Neurología, Granuloma eosinofílico, Histiocitosis, Lesiones neurológicas, Células de Langerhans |
Keyword: | Medicine, Dermatology, Neurology, Eosinophilic granuloma, Histiocytosis, Neurological lesions, Langerhans cells |
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